Bill Text: VA SB1178 | 2017 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Buprenorphine without naloxone; prescription limitation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0812) [SB1178 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-SB1178-Engrossed.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1178 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- January 23, 2017 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.4, relating to prescription of buprenorphine without naloxone; limitation. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Senator Chafin ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.4 as follows:

§54.1-3408.4. Prescription of buprenorphine without naloxone; limitation.

Prescriptions for buprenorphine mono or products containing buprenorphine without naloxone shall be issued only for a patient who is pregnant.

[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2022. ]